Saudi Princess Sarah seeks asylum in Britain – rumors of Saudi King Abdullah’s death circulating

Sarah Bint Talal, nephew of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz, whose extended stay request has been rejected by the Saudi Arabian embassy in London in coordination with British authorities, has applied for asylum in the UK.

Mujtahid webpage on the social site tweeter, whose one of its major administrators is a Saudi prince and has revealed many secrets of the Saudi royal family in the last year, announced in its [...]

US to boost military presence in Kuwait – 13,500 US troops to act as counterbalance to Iran

WASHINGTON: The United States is planning a significant military presence of 13,500 troops in Kuwait to give it the flexibility to respond to sudden conflicts in the region as Iraq adjusts to the withdrawal of American combat forces and the world nervously eyes Iran, according to a congressional report. The study by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee examined the US relationship with the six nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council [...]

BACK TO THE GULF: US plans significant military presence in Kuwait

 

WASHINGTON (AP) – The United States is planning a significant military presence of 13,500 troops in Kuwait to give it the flexibility to respond to sudden conflicts in the region as Iraq adjusts to the withdrawal of American combat forces and the world nervously eyes Iran, according to a congressional report.

The study by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee examined the U.S. relationship with the six nations of the Gulf Cooperation [...]

BREAKING: Saudi Crown Prince Nayef as died

By Kate Gibson

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has died, the royal court said Saturday, according to wire-service reports. Saudi state television said Nayef died in Geneva where he was being treated for an unknown medical problem, Reuters and others reported. Nayef, a hard-line interior minister and next in line to succeed King Abdullah, was in his late 70s. Prince Salman, now defense [...]

Saudi Princess ‘skips out on $8m bill from five star Paris hotel’: Police called after she does midnight run with entourage of SIXTY

As moonlight flits go it was one of the more brazen.

If you were trying to dodge paying a hotel bill of £5million you might just slip out of a side door and walk away quietly with some hand luggage.

However, when a Saudi princess tried it from a five-star establishment in Paris she was just a little bit too noticeable – what with her retinue of 60 servants in tow and [...]

Saudi princess tried to leave hotel without paying

A Saudi princess was caught trying to leave the Shangri-La hotel in Paris without settling a six million euro ($7.4 million) bill for her rooms, police said Saturday, confirming a report in the daily Le Parisien.

Maha al-Sudani, the former wife of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Nayef ben Abdel Aziz, tried to walk out on 3:30 am Thursday without paying for her suite and those of her 60-strong entourage, prompting staff to call in police, Le Parisien [...]